Un-Bee-lievably Excited

Look, look it's Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer and Bee!!!



I am terribly excited. I went to see Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer in Chapters. I thought I didn't know Amanda Palmer but I do, she's in Dresden Dolls and she covers Radiohead songs quite wonderfully on ukulele. I have a ukulele which I'm rubbish at and discovered her while searching for people who can play it. She's wonderful and I now must go buy her album having heard her sing.



Amanda and Neil have a book called Who Killed Amanda Palmer? coming out soon. It's a series of photos of Amanda dead with a story to accompany each photo. Neil read four stories and they were great. I won't attempt a review.



There was a massive crowd there, it seems Neil is popular among teenage emo girls. Luckily I got there early enough and got a good spot. This also meant I got my book signed without too much of a wait. I presented Neil with the bee. He said nobody had ever crocheted him a bee before. He signed my copy of American Gods with Laura -Believe-. Amanda seemed to like the bee she said he had a very cute expression.



Following recommendations from many people most recently The Beer Nut I picked up a copy of the first in the Sandman series. It's on the reading list when I finish Stardust and The Watchmen. So next week then.